John Carey LL.D. (1756–1826) was an Irish classical scholar.
Life
He was a brother of
Mathew Carey
Mathew Carey (January 28, 1760 – September 16, 1839) was an Irish-born American publisher and economist who lived and worked in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was the father of economist Henry Charles Carey.
Early life and education
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and
William Paulet Carey
William Paulet Carey (1759 – 21 May 1839) was an Irish art critic and publicist, known also as an engraver and dealer. In 1792 he joined the Society of United Irishmen in Dublin, but feeling unsupported as he himself faced charges of sedition, ...
. At the age of 12 he was sent to finish his education in a French university. He spent some time in the United States about 1789, and then spent passed many years in London as a teacher of the classics, French, and shorthand. He died at Prospect Place,
Lambeth
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, after a period of illness, on 8 December 1826, from a
bladder stone
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.
Works
Carey was editor of the early numbers of the ''School Magazine'', published by
Richard Phillips, and a contributor to the ''
Monthly Magazine
''The Monthly Magazine'' (1796–1843) of London began publication in February 1796.
Contributors
Richard Phillips was the publisher and a contributor on political issues. The editor for the first ten years was a literary jack-of-all-trades, Dr ...
'' and ''
Gentleman's Magazine
''The Gentleman's Magazine'' was a monthly magazine founded in London, England, by Edward Cave in January 1731. It ran uninterrupted for almost 200 years, until 1922. It was the first to use the term ''magazine'' (from the French ''magazine'' ...
''. He brought out:
* a new edition of
John Dryden
''
John Dryden (; – ) was an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who in 1668 was appointed England's first Poet Laureate.
He is seen as dominating the literary life of Restoration England to such a point that the per ...
's ''Virgil'' in 1803, and again in 1819;
* two editions of
Robert Ainsworth's ''Latin Dictionary'', and five of its abridgment;
* the ''Gradus ad Parnassum'' in 1824;
* the Latin ''Common Prayer'' in
Samuel Bagster's polyglot edition;
* ''Ruperti Commentarius in Livium''; and
* a revision of
Johann Friedrich Schleusner's ''New Testament Lexicon'' (1826).
Carey edited over fifty volumes of the ''Regent Latin Classics'' published by Baldwin. He was the compiler of the ''General Index to the Monthly Review from 1790 to 1816'' (2 vols. 1818), and translated
Paul Jérémie Bitaubé's ''Batavians'',
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's ''Young Emigrants'', Lehman's ''Letters on Switzerland'', and others. In 1810 he published a story for children called ''Learning better than House and Land'', which went through several editions. His school-books were popular in their day and generally praised for accuracy and scholarly qualities. Among them are:
* ''Latin Prosody made Easy'', 1800; new edition 1812.
* ''Practical English Prosody and Versification'', 1809.
* ''Alphabetic Key to the Propria quæ maribus'', 1812.
* ''Introduction to English Composition and Elocution'', 1817.
* ''Clavis Metrico-Virgiliana'', 1818.
* ''Eton Latin Prosody illustrated'', 1818.
* ''Greek Terminations'', 1821.
* ''Latin Terminations'', 1821. He published also a small volume of poems, with a portrait prefixed.
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1756 births
1826 deaths
Irish classical scholars
Irish translators
Irish educators